Curtain-fixture.



No. 670,208. I Patented Mar. l9, l90l. W. T. & S. G. MILLER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Applicatiop filed Feb. 12, 1900.

(No Modal.)

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ATTORNEYS.

liniirnn STATES W'ILLIAM T. MILLER AND SAMUEL G. MILLER, OF MOKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,208, dated March 19, 1901.

Application filed February 12, 1900. Serial No. 5,013. (No model.)

To (l/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM T. MILLER and SAMUEL G. MILLER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which thefollowingisaspecification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable curtainpoles and supporting-brackets therefor; and itis particularly adapted to permit of the draping of the curtain upon the pole and the adjusting of the pole to its proper position after the curtain has been draped thereupon.

The object of the invention is to construct a device of this character that will be extremely simple in construction, ornamental in appearance, strong, durable, efficient in its operation,and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and .wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window and frame, showing the supporting-brackets connected thereto and the curtain-pole suspended therefrom. Fig. 2 is a side View thereof, showing the curtain-pole in a lowered position. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the supporting-bracket for the cord which elevates and lowers the curtain-pole. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the curtain-pole, showing a modified form of retaining means for the adjusting means.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 indicates a window; 2, the frame, having secured at each side thereof hangerbrackets for the curtain-pole 3, and which are constructed of an elongated piece of suitable wire bent substantially U-shaped at its upper end, as at 4, and form the hangers for the curtain-pole. The upper ends of these hangers are secured to the top of the windowframe, as at 5. Extending downwardly from the hangers 4 are the vertical guide-rods 6, bent at an angle at their lower ends, as at 7, and secured in the window-frame. Below this angular portion of the guide-rods we secure a rest-pin 8, supporting the pole when in a lowered position, as will be seen in Fig. 2.

Secured centrally to the top of the frame 2 is an outwardly-extendingsu pporting-bracket 9, provided at its inner end with a disk 10, having apertures arranged therein to receive suitable fastening means for securing the bracket to the top of the frame, and arranged upon the bracket 9 is an eye 11. The outer end of the bracket is further provided with an eye 12.

13 indicates an elevating-cord which has both of its ends secured to the eye 14,arranged centrally of the pole 3. One side of the cord extends upwardly through the eye 12 of the bracket 9 and the other extends upwardly through the eye 11 of the bracket 9, the sides or strands of the cord after having been thus passed through the eyes being extended and depend in a loop. This arrangement of the cord will be seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The curtain-pole is provided with the usual ornamental knobs 15 on each end thereof and has also secured thereto near said knobs an eye 16, in which operates the hanger 4 and the vertical guide-rods 6.

In Fig. 4 we show a wire 25, secured to the pole 3 and provided with a series of eyes 26 for the same purpose as the eyes 16 and 14.

It will be observed that the manner of adjusting the pole is as follows: Assuming that the pole is in position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the loop portion of the cord is grasped and pulled downwardly, elevating the pole to the hangers 4 when the side or strand of the cord which extends through the eye 12 is pulled toward the person, which causes the pole to move to the extreme end of the hangers 4, as will be seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When it is desired to lower the pole, all that is necessary is to pull the side or strand of the cord that passes through the eye 11, which will bring the pole down to position, as in Fig. 2, and permit of the draping of the curtain.

When the pole is in the upright position, as shown, suspended from the hangers 4, the cord is secured to the keeper 24, connected to one side of the frame, as shown.

It is thought that the many advantages of our improved device can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a pairof supporting-brackets having hangers and guide-rods, of a curtain-pole provided with eyes operatin g on said hangers and guide-rods, a bracket 9 provided with eyes, and means connected to the pole and operating through the eyes of the bracket 9 for elevating and lowering the pole, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a window-frame, of a pair of supporting-brackets suitably connected thereto and formed into a pair of hangers and guide-rods, a bracket 9 suitably secured to the said frame between said brackets, a curtain-pole provided with a series of eyes and suitably connected to said supporting-brackeis, and means operating through said bracket 9 and connected to said pole for vertically adjusting the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM 'l. MILLER. SAMUEL G. MILLER. Witnesses:

O. J. MCCARTY, JOHN W. STEWART. 

